Nairobi, Aug. 9 -- Unlike the traditional 9-to-5 workforce, today's worker is defined by flexibility. Picture a young motorcyclist navigating Nairobi's morning traffic with passengers before switching to food deliveries during the day and completing freelance tasks online in the evening before attending college classes.

This is not a vision of the future. It is the reality for an estimated 1.5 million Kenyans whose livelihoods are powered by digital platforms.

For decades, employment followed a familiar model: one employer, fixed working hours, a physical workplace and a monthly salary.

Kenya's labour laws were built around that reality. Technology has since transformed the labour market, giving rise to a dynamic platform economy now v...